Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00897
To: TurtleTek@aol.com, ian@beam-online.com, beam@corp.sgi.com
From: dennison dennlill@buffnet.net
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:18:04 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: comp.robotics.beam??
Well, now that I think about it, A newsgroup DOES sound like a better idea.
Why? Well I know mail IS free, but It only goes to a specific account. With
a newsgroup you could pick it up virtually anywhere. This would alow more
people to 'stumble' across it also. I'm actually thinking it would be a
better idea.
Dennison
>>
>> Just my option
>
>I agree. One big advantage to the BEAM email list is that it is FREE. You
>don't even have to pay for the internet to be a part (ever hear of Juno?).
>All you need is a computer and a modem, and considering what kind of people
>BEAMers usually are, most of us already have at least that.
>
>Another big advantage to having ONE BEAM discussion medium (well, besides
the
>heretics but that's another side of the coin) is that we are all unified.
I'm
>having trouble putting this into words but I think you know what I mean.
>
>Just my spare change
>-TurtleTek
>
>"Yu, shall I tell you what knowledge is? When you know a thing,
>say that you know it. When you do not know a thing, admit you
>do not know it. This is knowledge."
> - K'ung-fu Tzu (Confucius)
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